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Record ID 54775
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107r
Peregrine Pickle 2 Vols
Borrowed: 1770/6/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/9/19 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 27 Jun 1770. Original Returned Date: 19 Sep 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Fiction
Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Press: AE. Shelf: 11. Number: 9. Original Author: Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Fiction
The adventures of Peregrine Pickle. In which are included, Memoirs of a lady of quality.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 281 times in 121 borrowing records
ESTC: T55344
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Fiction
Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Borrowed: 1770/6/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/9/19 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771), Genre: Fiction
Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 54789
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107r
Philosophical Transactions 2 Vol.m
Borrowed: 1770/10/12 (Friday). Returned: 1770/12/13 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Oct 1770. Original Returned Date: 13 Dec 1770.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
Press: AZ. Shelf: 8. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll HS 668-788. Original Author: Royal Society of London..
Volumes borrowed: Volume unspecified
Confidence level: Certain
Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical transactions : giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1665-1775. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 147 times in 103 borrowing records
ESTC: P2656
Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical Transactions: Giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World
Borrowed: 1770/10/12 (Friday). Returned: 1770/12/13 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume unspecified
Record ID 54783
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107r
Figure De La Terre
Borrowed: 1770/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/21 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Aug 1770. Original Returned Date: 21 Jan 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Pierre Bouguer (Male, born 1698, died 1758), Charles-Marie de La Condamine (Male, born 1701, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
La figure de la terre, déterminée par les observations de Messieurs Bouguer, et De la Condamine, envoyés ... au Pérou, pour observer aux environs de l'équateur.
Press: BA. Shelf: 2. Number: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn1-e.10. Original Author: Bouguer, Pierre, 1698-1758..
Confidence level: Certain
Pierre Bouguer (Male, born 1698, died 1758), Charles-Marie de La Condamine (Male, born 1701, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
La figure de la terre, déterminée par les observations de Messieurs Bouguer, & de la Condamine ... envoyés par ordre du Roy au Pérou ... avec une relation abregée de ce voyage, etc.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 9
Pierre Bouguer (Male, born 1698, died 1758), Charles-Marie de La Condamine (Male, born 1701, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Figure de la Terre, Déterminée par les Observations de Messieurs Bouguer, & de la Condamine
Borrowed: 1770/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/21 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Pierre Bouguer (Male, born 1698, died 1758), Charles-Marie de La Condamine (Male, born 1701, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Figure de la Terre, Déterminée par les Observations de Messieurs Bouguer, & de la Condamine
Record ID 54776
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107r
Fables for Ladies
Borrowed: 1770/6/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/9/19 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 27 Jun 1770. Original Returned Date: 19 Sep 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Genre: Fiction
Fables and tales for the ladies. To
which are added, miscellanies, by another hand
(London, 1750)
Number: 28. Original Author: Anon.. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl1-h.19 . Press: AE. Shelf: 12.
Borrowed: 1770/6/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/9/19 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Genre: Fiction
Record ID 54773
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107r
Hevelij Cometag.
Borrowed: 1770/6/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/1 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: [blank]. Original Returned Date: 1 Feb 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Cometographia.
Press: P. Shelf: 2. Number: 10. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk10-c.11. Original Author: Hevel, Johann..
Confidence level: Certain
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
J. Hevelii Cometographia totam naturam Cometaram ... exhibens; cumprimis vero Cometæ anno, 1652, 1661, 1664 & 1665 ab ipso auctore ... observati aliquanto prolixius ... exponuntur ... atque rigidissimo calculo subjiciuntur. Accessit omnium Cometarum, a mundo condito hucusque ab historicis, philosophis et astronomis annotatorum Historia.
Language: Latin . Published: Gdansk. Date of publication: 1668. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 8
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Cometographia
Borrowed: 1770/6/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/1 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 54798
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Harris Voyage V 1.st
Borrowed: 1771/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/4/25 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 2 Apr 1771. Original Returned Date: 25 Apr 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca, or, a complete collection of voyages and travels ... To which is prefixed a copious introduction ... Now carefully revised, with large additions ...
Press: I. Shelf: 3. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl9-a.8. Original Author: Harris, John, 1677?-1719..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete collection of voyages and travels. Consisting of above six hundred of the most authentic writers, beginning with Hackluit, Purchass, &c. in English; Ramusio, Alamandini, Carreri, &c. in Italian; Thevenot, Renaudot, Labat, &c. in French; De Brye, Grynaeus, Maffeus, &c. in Latin; Herrera, Oviedo, Coreal, &c. in Spanish; and the voyages under the direction of the East-India Company in Holland, in Dutch. Together with such other histories, voyages, travels, or discoveries, as are in general esteem; whether published in English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, High and Low Dutch, or in any other European language. Containing whatever has been observed worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; in respect to the extent and situation of empires, kingdoms, provinces, &c. The climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, of each country: likewise the religion, manners, and customs of the several inhabitants, their government, arts and sciences, publick buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, &c. Illustrated by proper charts, maps, and cuts. To which is prefixed a copious introduction, comprehending the rise and progress of the art of navigation, and its successive improvements; together with the invention and use of the loadstone, and its variation. Originally published in two volumes in folio, by John Harris, D.D. and F.R.S. Now carefully revised, with large additions, and continued down to the present time; including particular accounts of the manufactures and commerce of each country.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744-1748. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 111 borrowing records
ESTC: N10532
John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels
Borrowed: 1771/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/4/25 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719), Genre: Travel
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 54794
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Hevelij Venus on Sole Visa
Borrowed: 1770/12/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/21 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 26 Dec 1770. Original Returned Date: 21 Jan 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687), Jeremiah Horrocks (Male, born c.1617, died 1641)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Mercurius in sole visus Gedani, MDCLXI, d. III Maji, st. n.
Press: P. Shelf: 2. Number: 9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk2-c.3 . Original Author: Hevel, Johann..
Confidence level: Certain
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687), Jeremiah Horrocks (Male, born c.1617, died 1641)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Mercurius in sole visus Gedani, MDCLXI, d. III Maji, st. n. Cum aliis quibusdam rerum coelestium observationibus, rarisque phaenomenis. Cui annexa est, Venus in sole pariter visa, anno 1639, d. 24 Nov. st. v. Liverpoliae, a Jeremia Horroxio: nunc primum edita, notisque illustrata.
Language: Latin . Published: Gdansk. Date of publication: 1662. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 6
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687), Jeremiah Horrocks (Male, born c.1617, died 1641)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Mercurius in Sole Visus Gedani ... Cum Aliis quibusdam Rerum Coelestium Observationibus ... Venus in Sole Pariter Visa ... a Jeremia Horroxio
Borrowed: 1770/12/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/21 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687), Jeremiah Horrocks (Male, born c.1617, died 1641), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 54791
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Long's Astronomy 2d Vol
Borrowed: 1770/10/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/2/1 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 20 Oct 1770. Original Returned Date: 1 Feb 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Roger Long (Male, born 1680, died 1770)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy, in five books.
Press: Q. Shelf: 6. Number: 16. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh5-d.1-2. Original Author: Long, Roger..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Roger Long (Male, born 1680, died 1770)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy, in five books. By Roger Long, D. D. F.R.S. Master Of Pembroke Hall In The University Of Cambridge.
Language: English . Published: Cambridge. Date of publication: 1742-1764. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T119944
Roger Long (Male, born 1680, died 1770)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy, in Five Books [Roger Long]
Borrowed: 1770/10/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/2/1 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Roger Long (Male, born 1680, died 1770), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy, in Five Books [Roger Long]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 54790
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Plomelus de Encyclopid Vol 2, 3, 7, 6, 11, 11
Borrowed: 1770/10/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/1 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 10 Oct 1770. Original Returned Date: 1 Feb 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres
Press: K. Shelf: 1. Number: 15. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn3-a.8-14. Original Author: Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 11
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1751-1780. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 13 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Borrowed: 1770/10/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/1 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784), Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 11
Record ID 54807
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Historia Cœlistis 3 Vol Fol
Borrowed: 1771/10/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/1/27 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Oct 1771. Original Returned Date: 27 Jan 1772.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia celestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta
Press: O. Shelf: 1. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl3-a.4-6. Original Author: Flamsteed, John, 1646-1719..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia celestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 63 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: T88900
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia Celestis Britannica
Borrowed: 1771/10/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/1/27 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 54803
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Cassini Elements D'Astronomie
Borrowed: 1771/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/10/9 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: [blank]. Original Returned Date: 9 Oct 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Jacques Cassini (Male, born 1677, died 1756)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Éléments d'astronomie.
Press: BB. Shelf: 5. Number: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll q768. Original Author: Cassini, Jacques..
Confidence level: Certain
Jacques Cassini (Male, born 1677, died 1756)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Élémens d'astronomie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1740. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 9
Jacques Cassini (Male, born 1677, died 1756)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Élémens d'Astronomie [Jacques Cassini]
Borrowed: 1771/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/10/9 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Jacques Cassini (Male, born 1677, died 1756), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 54793
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
A View of Newton's phylosophy
Borrowed: 1770/11/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1770/12/13 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 22 Nov 1770. Original Returned Date: 13 Dec 1770.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
View of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy.
Press: BA. Shelf: 1. Number: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi10-e.4 . Original Author: Pemberton, Henry..
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A view of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1728. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 29
ESTC: T53471
Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy
Borrowed: 1770/11/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1770/12/13 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 54804
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Cumming on Clock Works
Borrowed: 1771/6/10 (Monday). Returned: 1771/10/9 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 10 Jun 1771. Original Returned Date: 9 Oct 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Alexander Cumming (Male, born 1733, died 1814)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Elements of clock and watch-work, adapted to practice.
Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm8-e.19 . Original Author: Cumming, Alexander..
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Cumming (Male, born 1733, died 1814)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The elements of clock and watch-work, adapted to practice.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 13
ESTC: T140748
Alexander Cumming (Male, born 1733, died 1814)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Elements of Clock and Watch-Work, Adapted to Practice
Borrowed: 1771/6/10 (Monday). Returned: 1771/10/9 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Alexander Cumming (Male, born 1733, died 1814), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 54797
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Hevelij Cometographia
Borrowed: 1771/2/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/4/25 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Feb 1771. Original Returned Date: 25 Apr 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Cometographia.
Press: P. Shelf: 2. Number: 10. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk10-c.11. Original Author: Hevel, Johann..
Confidence level: Certain
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
J. Hevelii Cometographia totam naturam Cometaram ... exhibens; cumprimis vero Cometæ anno, 1652, 1661, 1664 & 1665 ab ipso auctore ... observati aliquanto prolixius ... exponuntur ... atque rigidissimo calculo subjiciuntur. Accessit omnium Cometarum, a mundo condito hucusque ab historicis, philosophis et astronomis annotatorum Historia.
Language: Latin . Published: Gdansk. Date of publication: 1668. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 8
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Cometographia
Borrowed: 1771/2/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/4/25 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 54810
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Buffon volm 5, 6, 2d
Borrowed: 1772/5/25 (Monday). Returned: 1772/10/28 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 25 May 1772. Original Returned Date: 28 Oct 1772.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Avec la description du cabinet du roi
Press: B. Shelf: 4. Number: 1&2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn9-e.1-18. Original Author: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 243 times in 129 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1772/5/25 (Monday). Returned: 1772/10/28 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 54792
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Flamsteeds Hist Cœlist 3 vol
Borrowed: 1770/11/2 (Friday). Returned: 1771/1/21 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 2 Nov 1770. Original Returned Date: 21 Jan 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia celestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta
Press: O. Shelf: 1. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl3-a.4-6. Original Author: Flamsteed, John, 1646-1719..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia celestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 63 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: T88900
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia Celestis Britannica
Borrowed: 1770/11/2 (Friday). Returned: 1771/1/21 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 54795
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Flamst. Atlas Cœlist
Borrowed: 1770/12/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/4/25 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 26 Dec 1770. Original Returned Date: 25 Apr 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia celestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta
Press: O. Shelf: 1. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl3-a.4-6. Original Author: Flamsteed, John, 1646-1719..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia celestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 63 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: T88900
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia Celestis Britannica
Borrowed: 1770/12/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/4/25 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 54800
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Longs Astr. Vol. 2.d
Borrowed: 1771/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/10/9 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: [blank]. Original Returned Date: 9 Oct 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Roger Long (Male, born 1680, died 1770)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy, in five books.
Press: Q. Shelf: 6. Number: 16. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh5-d.1-2. Original Author: Long, Roger..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Roger Long (Male, born 1680, died 1770)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy, in five books. By Roger Long, D. D. F.R.S. Master Of Pembroke Hall In The University Of Cambridge.
Language: English . Published: Cambridge. Date of publication: 1742-1764. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T119944
Roger Long (Male, born 1680, died 1770)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy, in Five Books [Roger Long]
Borrowed: 1771/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/10/9 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Roger Long (Male, born 1680, died 1770), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy, in Five Books [Roger Long]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 54805
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Leonora 2 Vol
Borrowed: 1771/9/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/9/11 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 4 Sep 1771. Original Returned Date: 11 Sep 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Leonora: or, characters drawn from real life. Containing a great variety of incidents, interspers'd with reflections moral and entertaining.
Press: AE. Shelf: f11. Number: 27. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk1-k.26-27. Original Author: Anon..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Leonora: or, characters drawn from real life. Containing a great variety of incidents, interspers’d with reflections moral and entertaining.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1745. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 41 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: T74434
Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Leonora
Borrowed: 1771/9/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/9/11 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 54806
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Flamsteeds Atlas Cœlistis
Borrowed: 1771/10/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/11/11 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Oct 1771. Original Returned Date: 11 Nov 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia celestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta
Press: O. Shelf: 1. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl3-a.4-6. Original Author: Flamsteed, John, 1646-1719..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia celestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 63 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: T88900
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia Celestis Britannica
Borrowed: 1771/10/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/11/11 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 54796
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Longs Astrom vol. 2d
Borrowed: 1770/12/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/4/25 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 26 Dec 1770. Original Returned Date: 25 Apr 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Roger Long (Male, born 1680, died 1770)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy, in five books.
Press: Q. Shelf: 6. Number: 16. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh5-d.1-2. Original Author: Long, Roger..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Roger Long (Male, born 1680, died 1770)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy, in five books. By Roger Long, D. D. F.R.S. Master Of Pembroke Hall In The University Of Cambridge.
Language: English . Published: Cambridge. Date of publication: 1742-1764. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T119944
Roger Long (Male, born 1680, died 1770)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy, in Five Books [Roger Long]
Borrowed: 1770/12/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/4/25 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Roger Long (Male, born 1680, died 1770), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy, in Five Books [Roger Long]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 54799
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Flamsteeds Atlas Cœlist.
Borrowed: 1771/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/10/29 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: [blank]. Original Returned Date: 29 Oct 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia celestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta
Press: O. Shelf: 1. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl3-a.4-6. Original Author: Flamsteed, John, 1646-1719..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia celestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 63 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: T88900
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia Celestis Britannica
Borrowed: 1771/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/10/29 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 54801
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Hevelij Cometograph
Borrowed: 1771/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/10/9 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: [blank]. Original Returned Date: 9 Oct 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Cometographia.
Press: P. Shelf: 2. Number: 10. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk10-c.11. Original Author: Hevel, Johann..
Confidence level: Certain
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
J. Hevelii Cometographia totam naturam Cometaram ... exhibens; cumprimis vero Cometæ anno, 1652, 1661, 1664 & 1665 ab ipso auctore ... observati aliquanto prolixius ... exponuntur ... atque rigidissimo calculo subjiciuntur. Accessit omnium Cometarum, a mundo condito hucusque ab historicis, philosophis et astronomis annotatorum Historia.
Language: Latin . Published: Gdansk. Date of publication: 1668. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 8
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Cometographia
Borrowed: 1771/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/10/9 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 54802
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Harris' Voyage vol 1st
Borrowed: 1771/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/5/14 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: [blank]. Original Returned Date: 14 May 1772.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca, or, a complete collection of voyages and travels ... To which is prefixed a copious introduction ... Now carefully revised, with large additions ...
Press: I. Shelf: 3. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl9-a.8. Original Author: Harris, John, 1677?-1719..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete collection of voyages and travels. Consisting of above six hundred of the most authentic writers, beginning with Hackluit, Purchass, &c. in English; Ramusio, Alamandini, Carreri, &c. in Italian; Thevenot, Renaudot, Labat, &c. in French; De Brye, Grynaeus, Maffeus, &c. in Latin; Herrera, Oviedo, Coreal, &c. in Spanish; and the voyages under the direction of the East-India Company in Holland, in Dutch. Together with such other histories, voyages, travels, or discoveries, as are in general esteem; whether published in English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, High and Low Dutch, or in any other European language. Containing whatever has been observed worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; in respect to the extent and situation of empires, kingdoms, provinces, &c. The climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, of each country: likewise the religion, manners, and customs of the several inhabitants, their government, arts and sciences, publick buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, &c. Illustrated by proper charts, maps, and cuts. To which is prefixed a copious introduction, comprehending the rise and progress of the art of navigation, and its successive improvements; together with the invention and use of the loadstone, and its variation. Originally published in two volumes in folio, by John Harris, D.D. and F.R.S. Now carefully revised, with large additions, and continued down to the present time; including particular accounts of the manufactures and commerce of each country.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744-1748. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 111 borrowing records
ESTC: N10532
John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels
Borrowed: 1771/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/5/14 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719), Genre: Travel
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 54808
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Edinr Essays V 1.st
Borrowed: 1771/10/5 (Saturday). Returned: 1772/1/27 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 5 Oct 1771. Original Returned Date: 27 Jan 1772.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Medical essays and observations, published by a Society in Edinburgh.
Press: AO. Shelf: 6. Number: 14. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl10-k.9-14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1771/10/5 (Saturday). Returned: 1772/1/27 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 54809
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107v
Newton's Chronology p Sou
Borrowed: 1771/12/30 (Monday). Returned: 1772/11/12 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 30 Dec 1771. Original Returned Date: 12 Nov 1772.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: History
Chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. To which is prefix'd a short chronicle from the first memory of things in Europe, to the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great.
Press: D. Shelf: 5. Number: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm8-f.13 . Original Author: Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727..
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: History
The chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. To which is prefix’d, a short chronicle from the first memory of things in Europe, to the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1728. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 16
ESTC: T30721
Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: History
Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended
Borrowed: 1771/12/30 (Monday). Returned: 1772/11/12 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20), Genre: History
Record ID 54822
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Buffon Vol XIII. XVII
Borrowed: 1774/2/4 (Friday). Returned: 1774/2/9 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 4 Feb 1774. Original Returned Date: 9 Feb 1774.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Avec la description du cabinet du roi
Press: B. Shelf: 4. Number: 1&2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn9-e.1-18. Original Author: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13, Volume 17
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 243 times in 129 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1774/2/4 (Friday). Returned: 1774/2/9 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13, Volume 17
Record ID 54820
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Buffon Vol. X.XII.XIII. 3 Vol
Borrowed: 1773/1/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/1/23 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: [blank]. Original Returned Date: 23 Jan 1774.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Avec la description du cabinet du roi
Press: B. Shelf: 4. Number: 1&2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn9-e.1-18. Original Author: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 10, Volume 12, Volume 13
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 243 times in 129 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1773/1/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/1/23 (Sunday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 10, Volume 12, Volume 13
Record ID 54814
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Hevelii Cometographia
Borrowed: 1772/12/27 (Sunday). Returned: 1773/1/25 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 27 Dec 1772. Original Returned Date: 25 Jan 1773.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Cometographia.
Press: P. Shelf: 2. Number: 10. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk10-c.11. Original Author: Hevel, Johann..
Confidence level: Certain
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
J. Hevelii Cometographia totam naturam Cometaram ... exhibens; cumprimis vero Cometæ anno, 1652, 1661, 1664 & 1665 ab ipso auctore ... observati aliquanto prolixius ... exponuntur ... atque rigidissimo calculo subjiciuntur. Accessit omnium Cometarum, a mundo condito hucusque ab historicis, philosophis et astronomis annotatorum Historia.
Language: Latin . Published: Gdansk. Date of publication: 1668. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 8
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Cometographia
Borrowed: 1772/12/27 (Sunday). Returned: 1773/1/25 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 54827
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Graevii Antiq
Borrowed: 1775/2/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/3/12 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 25 Feb. Original Returned Date: 12 Mar.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Joannes Georgius Graevius (Male, born 1632, died 1703)
Genre: History
Thesavrvs antiqvitatvm Romanarvm ... Congestus a Joanne Georgio Grævio. Accesserunt variae et accuratae tabulae æneæ
Press: R. Shelf: 4. Number: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm1-a.1-12. Original Author: Graevius, Joannes Georgius, 1632-1703..
Volumes borrowed: Volume unspecified
Confidence level: Certain
Joannes Georgius Graevius (Male, born 1632, died 1703)
Genre: History
Thesaurus antiquitatum Romanarum ... Congestus a Joanne Georgio Grævio
Language: Latin . Published: Utrecht. Date of publication: 1694-1699. Format: folio. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 52 times in 28 borrowing records
Joannes Georgius Graevius (Male, born 1632, died 1703)
Genre: History
Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum
Borrowed: 1775/2/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/3/12 (Sunday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Joannes Georgius Graevius (Male, born 1632, died 1703), Genre: History
Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum
Volumes borrowed: Volume unspecified
Record ID 54813
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Buffons Hist Naturelle Tom 3.d
Borrowed: 1772/12/27 (Sunday). Returned: 1773/1/15 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 27 Dec 1772. Original Returned Date: 15 Jan 1773.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Avec la description du cabinet du roi
Press: B. Shelf: 4. Number: 1&2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn9-e.1-18. Original Author: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 243 times in 129 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1772/12/27 (Sunday). Returned: 1773/1/15 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 54829
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Dalrymples Memoires
Borrowed: 1775/3/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/6/2 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 25 Mar. Original Returned Date: 2 Jun.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland: From the dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II. until the sea-battle off La Hogue.
Press: D. Shelf: 2. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Store HQ01808-HQ01809. Original Author: Dalrymple, John, Sir, 1726-1810..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. From the dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II. until the sea-battle off La Hogue. By Sir John Dalrymple, Bart.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 37 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: T145647
Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue
Borrowed: 1775/3/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/6/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 54815
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Planches de Encyclopedie Tom 2 Tom 2 & 5
Borrowed: 1772/12/27 (Sunday). Returned: 1773/11/10 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: [blank]. Original Returned Date: 10 Nov 1773.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres
Press: I. Shelf: 2. Number: 5.6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn3-a.8-14. Original Author: Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1751-1772. Format: folio.
Editors: Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784; Alembert, Jean le Rond d', 1717-1783.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 116 times in 82 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Borrowed: 1772/12/27 (Sunday). Returned: 1773/11/10 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784), Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 5
Record ID 54812
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Frezier Sectiones de Pierres &c Vol. 1
Borrowed: 1772/12/27 (Sunday). Returned: 1772/12/28 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 27 Dec 1772. Original Returned Date: 28 Dec 1772.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Amédée François Frézier (Male, born 1682, died 1773)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
La théorie et la pratique de la coupe des pierres et des bois, pour la construction des voutes et autres parties des bâtimens civils et militaires.
Press: BB. Shelf: 7. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn4-e.13-15. Original Author: Frezier, Amadée-François..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Amédée François Frézier (Male, born 1682, died 1773)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
La théorie et la pratique de la coupe des pierres et des bois pour la construction des voûtes et autres parties des bâtimens civils et militaires; ou, Traité de Stereotomie à l'usage de l'architecture.
Language: French . Published: Strasbourg. Date of publication: 1737-1739. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
Amédée François Frézier (Male, born 1682, died 1773)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Théorie et la Pratique de la Coupe des Pierres et Des bois pour la Construction des Voûtes
Borrowed: 1772/12/27 (Sunday). Returned: 1772/12/28 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Amédée François Frézier (Male, born 1682, died 1773), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Théorie et la Pratique de la Coupe des Pierres et Des bois pour la Construction des Voûtes
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 54821
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Buffon Vol 14.15.16
Borrowed: 1774/1/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/2/4 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 26 Jan 1774. Original Returned Date: 4 Feb 1774.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Avec la description du cabinet du roi
Press: B. Shelf: 4. Number: 1&2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn9-e.1-18. Original Author: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 14, Volume 15, Volume 16
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 243 times in 129 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1774/1/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/2/4 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 14, Volume 15, Volume 16
Record ID 54811
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Secker's Sermons Vol.s 2.d 3d & 4th
Borrowed: 1772/9/16 (Wednesday). Returned: 1772/10/28 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 16 Sep 1772. Original Returned Date: 28 Oct 1772.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Thomas Secker (Male, born 1693, died 1768)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons on several subjects.
Press: AK. Shelf: 9. Number: 22, 23. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk10-f.1-7. Original Author: Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Secker (Male, born 1693, died 1768)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons on Several Subjects, By Thomas Secker, LL.D. Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. Published from the original Manuscripts, By Beilby Porteus, D.D. and George Stinton, D.D. His Grace's Chaplains. To which is prefixed, A Review of his Grace's Life and Character.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 103 borrowing records
ESTC: T124126
Thomas Secker (Male, born 1693, died 1768)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons on Several Subjects [Thomas Secker]
Borrowed: 1772/9/16 (Wednesday). Returned: 1772/10/28 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Thomas Secker (Male, born 1693, died 1768), Genre: Sermons
Sermons on Several Subjects [Thomas Secker]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 54817
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Hevelij Selinographia
Borrowed: 1773/1/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1773/1/25 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: [blank]. Original Returned Date: [blank].
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Selenographia: sive lunae descriptio.
Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Ea6-x.3 . Original Author: Hevel, Johann..
Confidence level: Certain
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Johannis Hevelii Selenographia: sive, Lunæ Descriptio.
Language: Latin . Published: Gdansk. Date of publication: 1647. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 7
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Selenographia: sive, Lunae Descriptio
Borrowed: 1773/1/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1773/1/25 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 54824
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
American Philosophical Transact. Vol. 1
Borrowed: 1774/2/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/11/12 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 9 Feb 1774. Original Returned Date: 12 Nov 1774.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Genre: Periodicals
Transactions, of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge.
Press: AG. Shelf: 10. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi8-f.1 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
Transactions, of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge.
Language: English . Published: Philadelphia. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: W15742
Genre: Periodicals
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Borrowed: 1774/2/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/11/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Genre: Periodicals
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 54830
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Rymers Foedora Vol. 4.th
Borrowed: 1775/4/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/6/2 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Apr. Original Returned Date: 2 Jun.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Thomas Rymer (Male, born 1641, died 1713)
Genre: History
Foedera, conventiones, literae, et cujuscunque generis acta publica, inter reges Angliae, et alios quosvis imperatores, reges, pontifices, principes, vel communitates, ab ineunte saecula duodecimo, viz. ab anno 1101, ad nostra usque tempora, habita aut tractata; ex autographis, infra tempora, habita aut tractata; ex autographis, infra secretiores Archivorum regiorum thesaurarias, per multa saecula reconditis, fideliter exscripta.
Press: S. Shelf: 4. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll RF 846-865. Original Author: Rymer, Thomas, 1641-1713..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Rymer (Male, born 1641, died 1713)
Genre: History
Foedera, conventiones, literæ, et cujuscunque generis acta publica, inter reges Angliæ, et alios quosuis imperatores, reges, ... ab anno 11O1, ad nostra usque tempora, habita aut tractata; ... In lucem missa de mandato Reginæ.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1704-1735. Format: folio. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 47 times in 32 borrowing records
ESTC: T148099
Thomas Rymer (Male, born 1641, died 1713)
Genre: History
Foedera, Conventiones, Literae, et Cujuscunque Generis Acta Publica, inter Reges Angliae, et Alios Quosuis Imperatores, Reges
Borrowed: 1775/4/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/6/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Thomas Rymer (Male, born 1641, died 1713), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 54819
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Hevelij Selinographia from Dr Simson coll
Borrowed: 1773/1/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1773/11/11 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: [blank]. Original Returned Date: 11 Nov 1773.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Selenographia: sive lunae descriptio.
Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Ea6-x.3 . Original Author: Hevel, Johann..
Confidence level: Certain
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Johannis Hevelii Selenographia: sive, Lunæ Descriptio.
Language: Latin . Published: Gdansk. Date of publication: 1647. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 7
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Selenographia: sive, Lunae Descriptio
Borrowed: 1773/1/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1773/11/11 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 54816
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Cassini Elements D'Astronomie
Borrowed: 1773/1/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1773/1/25 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Jan 1773. Original Returned Date: 25 Jan 1773.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Jacques Cassini (Male, born 1677, died 1756)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Éléments d'astronomie.
Press: BB. Shelf: 5. Number: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll q768. Original Author: Cassini, Jacques..
Confidence level: Certain
Jacques Cassini (Male, born 1677, died 1756)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Élémens d'astronomie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1740. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 9
Jacques Cassini (Male, born 1677, died 1756)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Élémens d'Astronomie [Jacques Cassini]
Borrowed: 1773/1/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1773/1/25 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Jacques Cassini (Male, born 1677, died 1756), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 54826
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Andersons Diplom.a Scotiæ
Borrowed: 1775/2/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/3/12 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 25 Feb. Original Returned Date: 12 Mar.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728)
Genre: History
Selectus diplomatum & numismatum Scotiae thesaurus, in duas partes distributus; prior syllogen complectitur veterum diplomatum sive chartarum regum et procerum Scotiae, una cum eorum sigillis, a Duncano II, ad Jacobum I id est, ab anno 1094 ad 1412; adjuncta sunt reliquorum Scotiae et Magno Britanniae regum sigilla ...
Press: R. Shelf: 2. Number: 14. Original Author: Anderson, James, 1662-1728..
Confidence level: Certain
James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728)
Genre: History
Selectus diplomatum & numismatum Scotiae thesaurus, in duas partes distributus; prior syllogen complectitur veterum diplomatum sive chartarum regum et procerum Scotiae, una cum eorum sigillis, a Duncano II, ad Jacobum I id est, ab anno 1094 ad 1412; adjuncta sunt reliquorum Scotiae et Magno Britanniae regum sigilla ...
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 25
ESTC: T133809
James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728)
Genre: History
Diplomata Scoticae
Borrowed: 1775/2/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/3/12 (Sunday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728), Genre: History
Record ID 54818
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Buffon Hist Nat. Tom VII. VIII
Borrowed: 1773/1/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1773/1/15 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: [blank]. Original Returned Date: 15 Jan 1773.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Avec la description du cabinet du roi
Press: B. Shelf: 4. Number: 1&2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn9-e.1-18. Original Author: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 243 times in 129 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1773/1/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1773/1/15 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 54825
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Gronovius Greek Antiquities Folio Tom 1
Borrowed: 1775/2/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/2/25 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 1 Feb. Original Returned Date: 25 Feb.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Jacobus Gronovius (Male, born 1645, died 1716)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Thesaurus Graecarum antiquitatum.
Press: R. Shelf: 8. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm5-a.1-13. Original Author: Gronovius, Jacobus, 1645-1716..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Jacobus Gronovius (Male, born 1645, died 1716)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Thesaurus Græcarum antiquitatum, in quo continentur effigies virorum ac foeminarum illustrium
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1697-1702. Format: folio. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 25 borrowing records
Jacobus Gronovius (Male, born 1645, died 1716)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Thesaurus Graecarum Antiquitatum, in quo Continentur Effigies Virorum ac Foeminarum Illustrium
Borrowed: 1775/2/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/2/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Jacobus Gronovius (Male, born 1645, died 1716), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Thesaurus Graecarum Antiquitatum, in quo Continentur Effigies Virorum ac Foeminarum Illustrium
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 54828
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Rymers Foedora vol 1. 2
Borrowed: 1775/3/18 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/4/15 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 Mar. Original Returned Date: 15 Apr.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Thomas Rymer (Male, born 1641, died 1713)
Genre: History
Foedera, conventiones, literae, et cujuscunque generis acta publica, inter reges Angliae, et alios quosvis imperatores, reges, pontifices, principes, vel communitates, ab ineunte saecula duodecimo, viz. ab anno 1101, ad nostra usque tempora, habita aut tractata; ex autographis, infra tempora, habita aut tractata; ex autographis, infra secretiores Archivorum regiorum thesaurarias, per multa saecula reconditis, fideliter exscripta.
Press: S. Shelf: 4. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll RF 846-865. Original Author: Rymer, Thomas, 1641-1713..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Rymer (Male, born 1641, died 1713)
Genre: History
Foedera, conventiones, literæ, et cujuscunque generis acta publica, inter reges Angliæ, et alios quosuis imperatores, reges, ... ab anno 11O1, ad nostra usque tempora, habita aut tractata; ... In lucem missa de mandato Reginæ.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1704-1735. Format: folio. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 47 times in 32 borrowing records
ESTC: T148099
Thomas Rymer (Male, born 1641, died 1713)
Genre: History
Foedera, Conventiones, Literae, et Cujuscunque Generis Acta Publica, inter Reges Angliae, et Alios Quosuis Imperatores, Reges
Borrowed: 1775/3/18 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/4/15 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Thomas Rymer (Male, born 1641, died 1713), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 54823
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108r
Buffon Vol. 3.d
Borrowed: 1774/2/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/2/16 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 9 Feb 1774. Original Returned Date: 16 Feb 1774.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Avec la description du cabinet du roi
Press: B. Shelf: 4. Number: 1&2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn9-e.1-18. Original Author: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 243 times in 129 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1774/2/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/2/16 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 54837
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108v
Edinburgh Essays V. 1st
Borrowed: 1774/12/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/3/20 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 20 Dec 1774. Original Returned Date: 20 Mar 1775.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Medical essays and observations, published by a Society in Edinburgh.
Press: AO. Shelf: 6. Number: 14. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl10-k.9-14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1774/12/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/3/20 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 54832
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108v
Hooks Observ.ts 4.to
Borrowed: 1773/5/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1773/6/4 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 May 1773. Original Returned Date: 4 Jun 1773.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Robert Hooke (Male, born 1635, died 1703)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Attempt to prove the motion of the earth.
Press: AZ. Shelf: 9. Number: 4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm5-g.1. Original Author: Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703..
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Hooke (Male, born 1635, died 1703)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An attempt to prove the motion of the earth from observations made by Robert Hooke Fellow of the Royal Society.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1674. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: R11231
Robert Hooke (Male, born 1635, died 1703)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Attempt to Prove the Motion of the Earth
Borrowed: 1773/5/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1773/6/4 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Robert Hooke (Male, born 1635, died 1703), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 54834
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108v
Hevelij Selinographia from D.r Simsons Collect.
Borrowed: 1773/11/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1774/4/14 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 11 Nov 1773. Original Returned Date: 14 Apr 1774.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Selenographia: sive lunae descriptio.
Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Ea6-x.3 . Original Author: Hevel, Johann..
Confidence level: Certain
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Johannis Hevelii Selenographia: sive, Lunæ Descriptio.
Language: Latin . Published: Gdansk. Date of publication: 1647. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 7
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Selenographia: sive, Lunae Descriptio
Borrowed: 1773/11/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1774/4/14 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 54836
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108v
Dodson's Mathematical repository
Borrowed: 1774/8/31 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/3/20 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 31 Aug 1774. Original Returned Date: 20 Mar 1775.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
James Dodson (Male, died 1757)
Genre: Mathematics
Mathematical repository. Vol. 1
Press: AE. Shelf: 10. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm9-i.3. Original Author: Dodson, James, -1757..
Confidence level: Certain
James Dodson (Male, died 1757)
Genre: Mathematics
The mathematical repository. Containing Analytical Solutions of five hundred Questions, mostly selected from Scarce and Valuable authors. Designed to conduct Beginners to the more difficult Properties of Numbers. By James Dodson, Accomptant, and Teacher of the Mathematics.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1748. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 44 times in 38 borrowing records
ESTC: T96494
James Dodson (Male, died 1757)
Genre: Mathematics
Mathematical Repository. Containing Analytical Solutions of Five Hundred Questions
Borrowed: 1774/8/31 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/3/20 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: James Dodson (Male, died 1757), Genre: Mathematics
Mathematical Repository. Containing Analytical Solutions of Five Hundred Questions
Record ID 54833
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108v
Encyclopedie Vol. 1 given to the binder for pattern
Borrowed: 1773/5/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/6/8 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 May 1773. Original Returned Date: 8 Jun 1773.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres
Press: I. Shelf: 2. Number: 5.6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn3-a.8-14. Original Author: Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1751-1772. Format: folio.
Editors: Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784; Alembert, Jean le Rond d', 1717-1783.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 116 times in 82 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Borrowed: 1773/5/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/6/8 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784), Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 54835
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108v
Flamsteedij Atlas Cœlistis Folio
Borrowed: 1773/11/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1774/4/8 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 11 Nov 1773. Original Returned Date: 8 Apr 1774.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia celestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta
Press: O. Shelf: 1. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl3-a.4-6. Original Author: Flamsteed, John, 1646-1719..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia celestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 63 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: T88900
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia Celestis Britannica
Borrowed: 1773/11/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1774/4/8 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 54838
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108v
Plutarchus Bryani 5 Vol.
Borrowed: 1774/12/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/2/13 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Dec 1774. Original Returned Date: 13 Feb 1775.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Vitae parallelae, cum singulis aliquot.
Press: E. Shelf: 6. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh2-e.6-10. Original Author: Plutarch..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarchi chaeronensis Vitae parallelae, cum singulis aliquot. Græce et latine. Adduntur variantes lectiones ex MSS. codd. veteres & novæ, doctorum virorum notæ & emendationes, et indices accuratissimi. Recensuit Augustinus Bryanus.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1723-1729. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T106982
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1774/12/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/2/13 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 54839
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108v
Philo Judæus
Borrowed: 1774/12/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/2/13 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Dec 1774. Original Returned Date: 13 Feb 1775.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Philo of Alexandria (Male)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
Omnia quae extant opera.
Press: E. Shelf: 6. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl10-b.7. Original Author: Philo, of Alexandria..
Confidence level: Certain
Philo of Alexandria (Male)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
Φιλωνος Ἰουδαιου Συγγραμματα. Philonis Judaei, ... Opera. Ex ... S. Gelenii et aliorum interpretatione, partim ab A. Turnebo ... partim D. Hoeschelio ... edita ... Huic novissimae editioni accessere variae lectiones, etc.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1640. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
Philo of Alexandria (Male)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
Works of Philo of Alexandria
Borrowed: 1774/12/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/2/13 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Philo of Alexandria (Male), Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
Record ID 54831
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108v
Rymers Feodera Vol.s 6..7
Borrowed: 1773/5/11 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/5/27 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 11 May 1773. Original Returned Date: 27 May 1773.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Thomas Rymer (Male, born 1641, died 1713)
Genre: History
Foedera, conventiones, literae, et cujuscunque generis acta publica, inter reges Angliae, et alios quosvis imperatores, reges, pontifices, principes, vel communitates, ab ineunte saecula duodecimo, viz. ab anno 1101, ad nostra usque tempora, habita aut tractata; ex autographis, infra tempora, habita aut tractata; ex autographis, infra secretiores Archivorum regiorum thesaurarias, per multa saecula reconditis, fideliter exscripta.
Press: S. Shelf: 4. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll RF 846-865. Original Author: Rymer, Thomas, 1641-1713..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Rymer (Male, born 1641, died 1713)
Genre: History
Foedera, conventiones, literæ, et cujuscunque generis acta publica, inter reges Angliæ, et alios quosuis imperatores, reges, ... ab anno 11O1, ad nostra usque tempora, habita aut tractata; ... In lucem missa de mandato Reginæ.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1704-1735. Format: folio. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 47 times in 32 borrowing records
ESTC: T148099
Thomas Rymer (Male, born 1641, died 1713)
Genre: History
Foedera, Conventiones, Literae, et Cujuscunque Generis Acta Publica, inter Reges Angliae, et Alios Quosuis Imperatores, Reges
Borrowed: 1773/5/11 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/5/27 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Thomas Rymer (Male, born 1641, died 1713), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7
Record ID 54854
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109r
British Manners Guide
Borrowed: 1777/4/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1778/4/13 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Apr. Original Returned Date: 13 Apr.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Nevil Maskelyne (Male, born 1732, died 1811)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
British mariner's guide.
Press: AH. Shelf: 5. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn10-h.14 . Original Author: Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811..
Confidence level: Certain
Nevil Maskelyne (Male, born 1732, died 1811)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The British mariner’s guide. Containing, complete and easy instructions for the discovery of the longitude at sea and land, within a Degree, by Observations of the Distance of the Moon from the Sun and Stars, taken with Hadley’s Quadrant.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T58799
Nevil Maskelyne (Male, born 1732, died 1811)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
British Mariner’s Guide
Borrowed: 1777/4/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1778/4/13 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Nevil Maskelyne (Male, born 1732, died 1811), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 54853
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109r
Edin.r Physical Essays Vol. 1&2
Borrowed: 1777/4/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1777/9/4 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Apr. Original Returned Date: 4 Sep.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Medical essays and observations, published by a Society in Edinburgh.
Press: AO. Shelf: 6. Number: 14. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl10-k.9-14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1777/4/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1777/9/4 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 54851
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109r
Nautical Almanac for 1767
Borrowed: 1776/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1777/2/28 (Friday). Original Returned Date: 28 Feb.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Periodicals
Nautical almanac and astronomical ephemeris for 1767.
Press: AQ. Shelf: 1. Number: 1. Original Author: Great Britain. Commissioners of Longitude..
Confidence level: Certain
Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Periodicals
The nautical almanac and astronomical ephemeris, for the year 1767.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T98823
Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Periodicals
Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris
Borrowed: 1776/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1777/2/28 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Periodicals
Record ID 54863
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109r
American Transactions
Borrowed: 1777/7/18 (Friday). Returned: 1778/1/5 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 Jul 1777. Original Returned Date: 5 Jan 1778.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Genre: Periodicals
Transactions, of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge.
Press: AG. Shelf: 10. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi8-f.1 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
Transactions, of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge.
Language: English . Published: Philadelphia. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: W15742
Genre: Periodicals
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Borrowed: 1777/7/18 (Friday). Returned: 1778/1/5 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Genre: Periodicals
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 54875
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109r
Halleri Physiologia Tom. 7, 8 D.r Carmichael
Borrowed: 1778/4/24 (Friday). Returned: 1778/6/12 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 24 Apr 1778. Original Returned Date: 12 Jun 1778.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Dr James Carmichael
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Natural Philosophy. Original Full Name: James Carmichael.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.
Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Medicine
Bibliotheca anatomica, [Albrecht von Haller]. Qua scripta ad anatomen et physiologiam facientia a rerum initiis recensentur.
Press: AH. Original Author: Haller, Albrecht von, 1708-1777..
Confidence level: Very likely
Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Medicine
Bibliotheca anatomica. Qua scripta ad anatomen et physiologiam facientia a rerum initiis recensentur.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T200772
Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Medicine
Bibliotheca Anatomica [Albrecht von Haller]
Borrowed: 1778/4/24 (Friday). Returned: 1778/6/12 (Friday).
Borrowers: Alexander Wilson , Dr James Carmichael
Author: Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 54876
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109r
Philosophical transactions Vol. 64 pt 1
Borrowed: 1778/4/24 (Friday). Returned: 1778/6/12 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 24 Apr 1778. Original Returned Date: 12 Jun 1778.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
Press: AZ. Shelf: 8. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll HS 668-788. Original Author: Royal Society of London..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 64.1
Confidence level: Certain
Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical transactions : giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1665-1775. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 147 times in 103 borrowing records
ESTC: P2656
Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical Transactions: Giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World
Borrowed: 1778/4/24 (Friday). Returned: 1778/6/12 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 64.1
Record ID 54852
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109r
Philosophical Transactions Vol. 28 p.t 2d
Borrowed: 1777/4/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1777/9/4 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Apr. Original Returned Date: 4 Sep.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
Press: AZ. Shelf: 8. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll HS 668-788. Original Author: Royal Society of London..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 28
Confidence level: Certain
Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical transactions : giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1665-1775. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 147 times in 103 borrowing records
ESTC: P2656
Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical Transactions: Giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World
Borrowed: 1777/4/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1777/9/4 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 28
Record ID 54897
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109v
Hamilton's Views of Vesuvius 2 Vols.
Borrowed: 1780/5/9 (Tuesday). Returned: 1780/5/11 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 9 May 1780. Original Returned Date: 11 May 1780.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Sir William Hamilton (Male, born 1730, died 1803)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the volcanoes of the Two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society
Press: O. Shelf: 6. Original Author: Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir William Hamilton (Male, born 1730, died 1803)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Campi phlegræi. Observations on the volcanoes of the Two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society by Sir William Hamilton ... = Observations sur les volcans des Deux Siciles telles qu’elles ont été communiquées à la Societé Royale de Londres par le Chevalier Hamilton.
Language: English | French . Published: Naples. Date of publication: 1776. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T71231
Sir William Hamilton (Male, born 1730, died 1803)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies
Borrowed: 1780/5/9 (Tuesday). Returned: 1780/5/11 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Sir William Hamilton (Male, born 1730, died 1803), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 54899
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109v
Nautical Almanac 1772
Borrowed: 1780/12/1 (Friday). Returned: 1780/12/1 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 1 Dec 1780. Original Returned Date: 1 Dec 1780.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Nautical almanac and astronomical ephemeris for 1772.
Press: AQ. Shelf: 1. Number: 1. Original Author: Great Britain. Commissioners of Longitude..
Borrowed: 1780/12/1 (Friday). Returned: 1780/12/1 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Record ID 54896
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109v
Ciceronis Opera T. 16 & 17 (M.r Al. Wilson)
Borrowed: 1780/4/30 (Sunday). Returned: 1781/2/27 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 30 Apr 1780. Original Returned Date: 27 Feb 1781.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera quae supersunt omnia. Ad fidem optimarum editionum diligenter expressa. Voluminibus XX.
Press: N. Shelf: 15. Number: 16, 17. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll 677-695. Original Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16, Volume 17
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis opera quae supersunt omnia. Ad fidem optimarum editionum diligenter expressa.
Language: Latin . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1748-1749. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 32 borrowing records
ESTC: T138108
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Cicero
Borrowed: 1780/4/30 (Sunday). Returned: 1781/2/27 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16, Volume 17
Record ID 54900
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109v
Nautical Ephimis 1767
Borrowed: 1780/12/1 (Friday). Returned: 1780/12/6 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 1 Dec 1780. Original Returned Date: 6 Dec 1780.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Periodicals
Nautical almanac and astronomical ephemeris for 1767.
Press: AQ. Shelf: 1. Number: 1. Original Author: Great Britain. Commissioners of Longitude..
Confidence level: Certain
Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Periodicals
The nautical almanac and astronomical ephemeris, for the year 1767.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T98823
Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Periodicals
Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris
Borrowed: 1780/12/1 (Friday). Returned: 1780/12/6 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Periodicals
Record ID 54893
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109v
Necessary tables for the Nautical almanac
Borrowed: 1780/2/28 (Monday). Returned: 1780/4/13 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Feb 1780. Original Returned Date: 13 Apr 1780.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Reference Works
Tables requisite to be used with the astronomical and nautical ephemeris.
Press: CL. Shelf: 5. Number: [blank]. Original Author: Great Britain. Commissioners of Longitude..
Confidence level: Certain
Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Reference Works
Tables requisite to be used with the astronomical and nautical ephemeris.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T98822
Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Reference Works
Tables Requisite to be Used with the Astronomical and Nautical Ephemeris
Borrowed: 1780/2/28 (Monday). Returned: 1780/4/13 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Reference Works
Tables Requisite to be Used with the Astronomical and Nautical Ephemeris
Record ID 54892
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109v
Nautical Almanac 1780
Borrowed: 1780/2/28 (Monday). Returned: 1780/4/8 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Feb 1780. Original Returned Date: 8 Apr 1780.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Periodicals
Nautical almanac and
astronomical ephemeris, for the year 1780.
Number: [blank]. Original Author: Great Britain. Commissioners of
Longitude.. Press: CL. Shelf: 5.
Confidence level: Certain
Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Periodicals
The nautical almanac and astronomical ephemeris, for the year 1780.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T98834
Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Periodicals
Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris
Borrowed: 1780/2/28 (Monday). Returned: 1780/4/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Periodicals
Record ID 54882
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109v
Com. Soc R. Gottingen Vols I II III IV
Borrowed: 1779/3/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1779/5/31 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 23 Mar 1779. Original Returned Date: 31 May 1779.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Commentarii Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis
Press: C. Shelf: 7. Number: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll HS 167-170. Original Author: Societas Regia Scientiarum Gottingensis.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Commentarii Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis.
Language: Latin . Published: Göttingen. Date of publication: 1751-1754. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 19 borrowing records
Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Commentarii Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis
Borrowed: 1779/3/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1779/5/31 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Commentarii Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 54894
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109v
Museum Crotonense
Borrowed: 1780/2/28 (Monday). Returned: 1781/1/23 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Feb 1780. Original Returned Date: 23 Jan 1781.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Accademia Etrusca (Unspecified)
Genre: Fine Arts
Museum cortonense in quo vetera monumenta comprehenduntur anaglypha, thoreumata, gemmae inscalptaeque quae in Academia Etrusca.
Press: Q. Shelf: 7. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl1-c.11 .
Confidence level: Certain
Accademia Etrusca (Unspecified)
Genre: Fine Arts
Museum Cortonense in quo vetera monumenta complectuntur anaglypha, thoreumata, gemmæ inscalptæ, insculptæque quæ in Academia Etrusca ceterisque nobilium virorum domibus adservantur in plurimis tabulis æreis distributum, atque a Francisco Valesio ... Antonio Francisco Gorio ... et Rodulphino Venuti ... notis illustratum.
Language: Latin . Published: Rome. Date of publication: 1750. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 2
Accademia Etrusca (Unspecified)
Genre: Fine Arts
Museum Cortonense
Borrowed: 1780/2/28 (Monday). Returned: 1781/1/23 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Accademia Etrusca (Unspecified), Genre: Fine Arts
Record ID 54895
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109v
Diogenes Laetius Memagii 2 Tom.
Borrowed: 1780/3/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1780/4/27 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Mar 1780. Original Returned Date: 27 Apr 1780.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Diogenes Laertius (Male)
Genre: Lives
De vitis, dogmatibus et apophthegmatibus clarorum philosophorum libri X. Graece et Latine.
Press: D. Shelf: 5. Number: 3, 4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi7-e.5-6. Original Author: Diogenes Laertius..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Diogenes Laertius (Male)
Genre: Lives
Diogenis Laertii De vitis, dogmatibus et apophthegmatibus clarorum philosophorum libri X. Græce et Latine.
Language: Latin | Greek . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1692. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 30 times in 16 borrowing records
Diogenes Laertius (Male)
Genre: Lives
De Vita et Moribus Philosophorum
Borrowed: 1780/3/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1780/4/27 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Diogenes Laertius (Male), Genre: Lives
De Vita et Moribus Philosophorum
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 54880
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109v
Wolfij Elemeta Matheseas Universae 4 Tom. 4.to
Borrowed: 1779/1/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1779/1/26 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 26 Jan 1779. Original Returned Date: 26 Jan 1779.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Freiherr von Christian Wolff (Male, born 1679, died 1754)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophia rationalis sive logica, methodo scientifica pertracta et ad usum scientiarum atque vitae aptata
Press: AY. Shelf: 7. Number: 6&c. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn9-h.5,6. Original Author: Wolff, Christian, Freiherr von, 1679-1754..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Freiherr von Christian Wolff (Male, born 1679, died 1754)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophia Rationalis, sive Logica, methodo scientifica pertractata. Præmittitur discursus ... de philosophia in genere.
Language: Latin . Published: Frankfurt am Main. Date of publication: 1732. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 7 borrowing records
Freiherr von Christian Wolff (Male, born 1679, died 1754)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophia Rationalis, sive Logica
Borrowed: 1779/1/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1779/1/26 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Freiherr von Christian Wolff (Male, born 1679, died 1754), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophia Rationalis, sive Logica
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 54878
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109v
S.r I. Moore's System of Mathematics 2 Vols.
Borrowed: 1778/6/30 (Tuesday). Returned: 1778/8/18 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 30 Jun 1778. Original Returned Date: 18 Aug 1778.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Sir Jonas Moore (Male, born 1617, died 1679)
Genre: Mathematics
New systeme of the mathematicks.
Press: BY. Shelf: 4. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn5-h.7-8. Original Author: Moore, Jonas, Sir, 1617-1679..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Jonas Moore (Male, born 1617, died 1679)
Genre: Mathematics
A new systeme of the mathematicks: containing I. Arithmetick, as well natural and decimal, as in species, or the principles of Algebra. II. Practical geometry, together with the first six books of Euclid’s Elements, as also the eleventh and twelfth, symbolically demonstrated. III. Trigonometry plain and spherical. IV. Cosmography, or a description of the heavens. V. Navigation, or sailing by a plain or Mercator’s chart; as also by the arch of a great circle, &c. VI. The doctrine of the sphere, grounded on the motion of the earth, according to the old Pythagorean and Copernican systeme. VII. Astronomical tables, with tables of logarithms, natural and artificial sines and tangents, and versed sines. VIII. A new geography, or a description of the most eminent countries and coasts of the world, with maps of them, and tables of their latitude and longitude.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1681. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: R30526
Sir Jonas Moore (Male, born 1617, died 1679)
Genre: Mathematics
New Systeme of the Mathematicks [Jonas Moore]
Borrowed: 1778/6/30 (Tuesday). Returned: 1778/8/18 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Sir Jonas Moore (Male, born 1617, died 1679), Genre: Mathematics
New Systeme of the Mathematicks [Jonas Moore]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 54883
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109v
Hamiltons Volcanos Fol.
Borrowed: 1779/4/30 (Friday). Returned: 1779/5/3 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 30 Apr 1779. Original Returned Date: 3 May 1779.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Sir William Hamilton (Male, born 1730, died 1803)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the volcanoes of the Two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society
Press: O. Shelf: 6. Original Author: Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir William Hamilton (Male, born 1730, died 1803)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Campi phlegræi. Observations on the volcanoes of the Two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society by Sir William Hamilton ... = Observations sur les volcans des Deux Siciles telles qu’elles ont été communiquées à la Societé Royale de Londres par le Chevalier Hamilton.
Language: English | French . Published: Naples. Date of publication: 1776. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T71231
Sir William Hamilton (Male, born 1730, died 1803)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies
Borrowed: 1779/4/30 (Friday). Returned: 1779/5/3 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Sir William Hamilton (Male, born 1730, died 1803), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 54879
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109v
Dalrymple's Memoirs 2 Vols
Borrowed: 1778/10/12 (Monday). Returned: 1778/10/29 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Oct 1778. Original Returned Date: 29 Oct 1778.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland: From the dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II. until the sea-battle off La Hogue.
Press: D. Shelf: 2. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Store HQ01808-HQ01809. Original Author: Dalrymple, John, Sir, 1726-1810..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. From the dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II. until the sea-battle off La Hogue. By Sir John Dalrymple, Bart.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 37 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: T145647
Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue
Borrowed: 1778/10/12 (Monday). Returned: 1778/10/29 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 54881
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109v
Encyclopedie Planch Vol 2.d
Borrowed: 1779/2/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1779/8/10 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 10 Feb 1779. Original Returned Date: 10 Aug 1779.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres
Press: I. Shelf: 2. Number: 5.6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn3-a.8-14. Original Author: Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1751-1772. Format: folio.
Editors: Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784; Alembert, Jean le Rond d', 1717-1783.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 116 times in 82 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Borrowed: 1779/2/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1779/8/10 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784), Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 54898
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109v
Lewis's Commercium Philosophico-technicum
Borrowed: 1780/5/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1781/5/8 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 24 May 1780. Original Returned Date: 8 May 1781.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium philosophico-technicum : or, the philosophical commerce of arts : designed as an attempt to improve arts, trades, and manufactures.
Press: D. Shelf: 7. Number: 13. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl9-e.15 . Original Author: Lewis, William, 1708-1781..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium philosophico-technicum; or, The philosophical commerce of arts: Designed as an attempt to improve arts, trades, and manufactures.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763-1765. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 36 borrowing records
ESTC: T146870
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium Philosophico-Technicum; or, The Philosophical Commerce of Arts
Borrowed: 1780/5/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1781/5/8 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium Philosophico-Technicum; or, The Philosophical Commerce of Arts
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 54922
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 110r
Lubieneitz Theatrum Cometicus
Borrowed: 1781/11/19 (Monday). Returned: 1781/12/10 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Nov 1781. Original Returned Date: 10 Dec 1781.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Stanisław Lubieniecki (Male, born 1623, died 1675)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Theatrum cometicum duabus partibus constans.
Press: G. Shelf: 7. Number: 4, 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh3-b.10-11. Original Author: Lubieniczki, Stanislaus..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Stanisław Lubieniecki (Male, born 1623, died 1675)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
S. de Lubienietz Lubieniecii ... Theatrum Cometicum, duabus partibus constans, quarum altera, cometas anni 1664 et 1665, variis virorum per Europam clariss. cum quibus auctor de hoc argumento contulit, ... dissertationibus ... descriptos ... exhibet; altera continet Historiam 415 cometarum a tempore diluvii ad Ann. 1665 ... Et Theatri Cometici Exitus, sive de significatione cometarum, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1666-1668. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record
Stanisław Lubieniecki (Male, born 1623, died 1675)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Theatrum Cometicum
Borrowed: 1781/11/19 (Monday). Returned: 1781/12/10 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Stanisław Lubieniecki (Male, born 1623, died 1675), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 54919
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 110r
Memoirs dues Insects par Reamur Tom. 1.
Borrowed: 1781/10/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1781/11/28 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 10 Oct 1781. Original Returned Date: 28 Nov 1781.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (Male, born 1683, died 1757)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes.
Press: A. Shelf: 4. Number: 4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn1-h.1-6. Original Author: Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de, 1683-1757..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (Male, born 1683, died 1757)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Memoires pour servir à l'Histoire des Insectes.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1734-1742. Format: 4to. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 37 times in 9 borrowing records
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (Male, born 1683, died 1757)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Memoires pour servir à l'Histoire des Insectes
Borrowed: 1781/10/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1781/11/28 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (Male, born 1683, died 1757), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Memoires pour servir à l'Histoire des Insectes
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 54911
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 110r
Acta Soc. Reg. Gottingensis T. 2
Borrowed: 1781/3/13 (Tuesday). Returned: 1781/8/1 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Mar 1781. Original Returned Date: 1 Aug 1781.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Societas Regia Scientiarum Gottingensis (Unknown, born 1751)
Genre: Periodicals
Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis.
Press: C. Shelf: 7. Number: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll HS 171-183. Original Author: Societas Regia Scientiarum Gottingensis..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Societas Regia Scientiarum Gottingensis (Unknown, born 1751)
Genre: Periodicals
Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis.
Language: Latin . Published: Göttingen. Date of publication: 1778-1808. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 5 borrowing records
Societas Regia Scientiarum Gottingensis (Unknown, born 1751)
Genre: Periodicals
Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis
Borrowed: 1781/3/13 (Tuesday). Returned: 1781/8/1 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Societas Regia Scientiarum Gottingensis (Unknown, born 1751), Genre: Periodicals
Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 54921
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 110r
Hevelii Cometographia
Borrowed: 1781/11/19 (Monday). Returned: 1782/4/21 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Nov 1781. Original Returned Date: 21 Apr 1782.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Cometographia.
Press: P. Shelf: 2. Number: 10. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk10-c.11. Original Author: Hevel, Johann..
Confidence level: Certain
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
J. Hevelii Cometographia totam naturam Cometaram ... exhibens; cumprimis vero Cometæ anno, 1652, 1661, 1664 & 1665 ab ipso auctore ... observati aliquanto prolixius ... exponuntur ... atque rigidissimo calculo subjiciuntur. Accessit omnium Cometarum, a mundo condito hucusque ab historicis, philosophis et astronomis annotatorum Historia.
Language: Latin . Published: Gdansk. Date of publication: 1668. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 8
Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Cometographia
Borrowed: 1781/11/19 (Monday). Returned: 1782/4/21 (Sunday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 54903
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 110r
Gardiner's Tables
Borrowed: 1781/1/15 (Monday). Returned: 1781/4/8 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Jan 1781. Original Returned Date: 8 Apr 1781.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
William Gardiner (Male, died 1752)
Genre: Reference Works
Tables of logarithms, for all numbers from 1 to 102100, and for the sines and tangents to every ten seconds of each degree in the Quadrant; as also, for the sines of the ...
Press: P. Shelf: 7. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll q535 . Original Author: Gardiner, William..
Confidence level: Certain
William Gardiner (Male, died 1752)
Genre: Reference Works
Tables of logarithms, for all numbers from 1 to 102100, and for the sines and tangents to every ten seconds of each degree in the quadrant; as also, for the sines of the first 72 minutes to every single second; with other useful and necessary tables.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T102269
William Gardiner (Male, died 1752)
Genre: Reference Works
Tables of Logarithms, for All Numbers from 1 to 102100
Borrowed: 1781/1/15 (Monday). Returned: 1781/4/8 (Sunday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: William Gardiner (Male, died 1752), Genre: Reference Works
Record ID 54952
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 111r
Lewis Commercium Technicum
Borrowed: 1783/11/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1784/4/8 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Nov 1783. Original Returned Date: 8 Apr 1784.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium philosophico-technicum : or, the philosophical commerce of arts : designed as an attempt to improve arts, trades, and manufactures.
Press: D. Shelf: 7. Number: 13. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl9-e.15 . Original Author: Lewis, William, 1708-1781..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium philosophico-technicum; or, The philosophical commerce of arts: Designed as an attempt to improve arts, trades, and manufactures.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763-1765. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 36 borrowing records
ESTC: T146870
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium Philosophico-Technicum; or, The Philosophical Commerce of Arts
Borrowed: 1783/11/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1784/4/8 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium Philosophico-Technicum; or, The Philosophical Commerce of Arts
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 54951
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 111r
Edinburgh Physical and literary essays Vol. 2
Borrowed: 1783/5/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1784/4/13 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 May 1783. Original Returned Date: 13 Apr 1784.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Press: CR. Shelf: 4. Number: 18. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl8-g.10-12. Original Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1783/5/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1784/4/13 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 54950
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 111r
Chambers' Dictionary Vol. 2.
Borrowed: 1783/5/7 (Wednesday). Returned: 1783/8/3 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 7 May 1783. Original Returned Date: 3 Aug 1783.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Ephraim Chambers (Male, born c.1680, died 1740)
Genre: Reference Works
Cyclopaedia: or, an universal dictionary of arts and sciences... Extracted from the best authors, dictionaries ... &c. in several languages.
Press: AB. Shelf: 4. Number: 1: 2d. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl10-a.1-4. Original Author: Chambers, Ephraim..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Ephraim Chambers (Male, born c.1680, died 1740)
Genre: Reference Works
Cyclopaedia: or, an universal dictionary of the arts and sciences.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1741-1743. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 67 times in 35 borrowing records
ESTC: T135707
Ephraim Chambers (Male, born c.1680, died 1740)
Genre: Reference Works
Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences
Borrowed: 1783/5/7 (Wednesday). Returned: 1783/8/3 (Sunday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Ephraim Chambers (Male, born c.1680, died 1740), Genre: Reference Works
Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 54988
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 111v
Montfaucon Paleaographia Graeca
Borrowed: 1785/1/6 (Thursday). Returned: 1785/1/10 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Jan 1785. Original Returned Date: 10 Jan 1785.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Bernard de Montfaucon (Male, born 1655, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Palaeographia Graeca, sive de ortu et progressu literarum Graecarum, et de variis omnium saeculorum scriptionis Graecae generibus: itemque de abbreviationibus et de notis variarum artium ac disciplinarum. Additis figuris et schematibus ad fidem manuscriptorum codicum ...
Press: R. Shelf: 3. Number: 17. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk2-a.7 . Original Author: Montfaucon, Bernard de, 1655-1741..
Confidence level: Certain
Bernard de Montfaucon (Male, born 1655, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Palaeographia Graeca, sive de ortu et progressu literarum Graecarum, et de variis omnium saeculorum scriptionis Graecae generibus: itemque de abbreviationibus et de notis variarum artium ac disciplinarum. Additis figuris et schematibus ad fidem manuscriptorum codicum ...
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1708. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 11
Bernard de Montfaucon (Male, born 1655, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Palaeographia Graeca
Borrowed: 1785/1/6 (Thursday). Returned: 1785/1/10 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Bernard de Montfaucon (Male, born 1655, died 1741), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 54987
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 111v
Mayeri Tabulae
Borrowed: 1784/12/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1785/8/10 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Dec 1784. Original Returned Date: 10 Aug 1785.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Tobias Mayer (Male, born 1723, died 1762)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Tabulae motuum solis et lunae novae et correctae.
Press: AK. Shelf: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl8-e.5 . Original Author: Mayer, Tobias, 1723-1762..
Confidence level: Certain
Tobias Mayer (Male, born 1723, died 1762)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Tabulæ motuum solis et lunæ novæ et correctæ.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T98959
Tobias Mayer (Male, born 1723, died 1762)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Tabulae Motuum Solis et Lunae Novae et Correctae
Borrowed: 1784/12/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1785/8/10 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Tobias Mayer (Male, born 1723, died 1762), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 54991
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 111v
Flamsteed's Atlas coelestis
Borrowed: 1785/3/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1785/8/13 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 22 Mar 1785. Original Returned Date: 13 Aug 1785.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia celestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta
Press: O. Shelf: 1. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl3-a.4-6. Original Author: Flamsteed, John, 1646-1719..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia celestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 63 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: T88900
John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia Celestis Britannica
Borrowed: 1785/3/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1785/8/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 54992
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 111v
Ephemeris for 1773
Borrowed: 1785/3/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 30 Mar 1785. Original Returned Date: 21 Dec 1785.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
[Nautical almanac.]
Press: AQ. Shelf: 1. Number: 1. Original Author: Great Britain. Commissioners of Longitude..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Borrowed: 1785/3/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 54989
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 111v
Nautical Almanac for 1785
Borrowed: 1785/1/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Jan 1785. Original Returned Date: 21 Dec 1785.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
[Nautical almanac.]
Press: AQ. Shelf: 1. Number: 1. Original Author: Great Britain. Commissioners of Longitude..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Borrowed: 1785/1/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 54990
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 111v
Smith's Galic Antiquities
Borrowed: 1785/2/25 (Friday). Returned: 1785/4/27 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 25 Feb 1785. Original Returned Date: 27 Apr 1785.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
John Smith (Male, born c.1747, died 1807)
Genre: History
Galic antiquities: consisting of A history of the Druids ... A dissertation on the authenticity of the poems of Ossian; and A collection of ancient poems, translated from the Galic ...
Press: BF. Shelf: 5. Number: 11. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll q72 . Original Author: Smith, John, 1747-1807..
Confidence level: Certain
John Smith (Male, born c.1747, died 1807)
Genre: History
Galic antiquities: Consisting of a history of the druids, particularly of those of caledonia; a dissertation on the authenticity of the poems of Ossian; and a collection of ancient poems, translated from the Galic of Ullin, Ossian, Orran, &c.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 30
ESTC: T98766
John Smith (Male, born c.1747, died 1807)
Genre: History
Galic Antiquities: Consisting of a History of the Druids
Borrowed: 1785/2/25 (Friday). Returned: 1785/4/27 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: John Smith (Male, born c.1747, died 1807), Genre: History
Record ID 54993
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 111v
Gardiners Tables
Borrowed: 1785/3/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1785/5/21 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 30 Mar 1785. Original Returned Date: 21 May 1785.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
William Gardiner (Male, died 1752)
Genre: Reference Works
Tables of logarithms, for all numbers from 1 to 102100, and for the sines and tangents to every ten seconds of each degree in the Quadrant; as also, for the sines of the ...
Press: P. Shelf: 7. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll q535 . Original Author: Gardiner, William..
Confidence level: Certain
William Gardiner (Male, died 1752)
Genre: Reference Works
Tables of logarithms, for all numbers from 1 to 102100, and for the sines and tangents to every ten seconds of each degree in the quadrant; as also, for the sines of the first 72 minutes to every single second; with other useful and necessary tables.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T102269
William Gardiner (Male, died 1752)
Genre: Reference Works
Tables of Logarithms, for All Numbers from 1 to 102100
Borrowed: 1785/3/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1785/5/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: William Gardiner (Male, died 1752), Genre: Reference Works
Record ID 54986
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 111v
Mayer opuscula posthuma
Borrowed: 1784/12/24 (Friday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 24 Dec 1784. Original Returned Date: 21 Dec 1785.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Tobias Mayer (Male, born 1723, died 1762)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Opera Inedita.
Original Author: Mayer, Tobias, 1723-1762..
Confidence level: Certain
Tobias Mayer (Male, born 1723, died 1762)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
T. Mayeri ... Opera inedita ... Edidit et observationum appendicem adjecit G. C. Lichtenberg.
Language: Latin . Published: Göttingen. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 4to.
Editors: Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph, 1742-1799.
Number of borrowings: 3
Tobias Mayer (Male, born 1723, died 1762)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Opera Inedita [Tobias Mayer]
Borrowed: 1784/12/24 (Friday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Tobias Mayer (Male, born 1723, died 1762), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 55007
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 112r
Albategnius de numeris et motibus Stellarum
Borrowed: 1785/11/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 17 Nov 1785. Original Returned Date: 21 Dec 1785.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Muḥammad ibn Jābir Battānī (Male, died 929), Joannes Regiomontanus (Male, born 1436, died 1476)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
De scientia stellarum liber, cum aliquot additionibus Ioannis Regiomontani.
Press: AK. Shelf: 1. Number: 14. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn4-h.11. Original Author: Battani, Muhammad ibn Jabir, -929..
Confidence level: Certain
Muḥammad ibn Jābir Battānī (Male, died 929), Joannes Regiomontanus (Male, born 1436, died 1476)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Mahometis Albatenii de Scientia stellarum liber, cum aliquot additionibus Joannis Regiomontani, ex Bibliotheca vaticana transcriptus.
Language: Latin . Published: Bologna. Date of publication: 1645. Format: 4to.
Editors: Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476.
Number of borrowings: 1
Muḥammad ibn Jābir Battānī (Male, died 929), Joannes Regiomontanus (Male, born 1436, died 1476)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
De Scientia Stellarum Liber, cum Aliquot Additionibus Joannis Regiomontani, ex Bibliotheca Vaticana Transcriptus
Borrowed: 1785/11/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Muḥammad ibn Jābir Battānī (Male, died 929), Joannes Regiomontanus (Male, born 1436, died 1476), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 54994
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 112r
Tables requisite for the Nautical Ephemeris
Borrowed: 1785/3/31 (Thursday). Returned: 1785/10/28 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 31 Mar 1785. Original Returned Date: 28 Oct 1785.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Reference Works
Tables requisite to be used with the astronomical and nautical ephemeris.
Press: CL. Shelf: 5. Number: [blank]. Original Author: Great Britain. Commissioners of Longitude..
Confidence level: Certain
Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Reference Works
Tables requisite to be used with the astronomical and nautical ephemeris.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T98822
Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Reference Works
Tables Requisite to be Used with the Astronomical and Nautical Ephemeris
Borrowed: 1785/3/31 (Thursday). Returned: 1785/10/28 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Reference Works
Tables Requisite to be Used with the Astronomical and Nautical Ephemeris
Record ID 55006
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 112r
Alphonsi Regiomontanis tabulae astronomicae
Borrowed: 1785/11/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 17 Nov 1785. Original Returned Date: 21 Dec 1785.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Alfonso X King of Castile and Leon (Male, born 1221, died 1284)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomicae tabulae in propriam integritatem restitutae.
Press: AG. Shelf: 5. Number: 16. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn4-f.9 . Original Author: Alfonso IX, King of Castile and León..
Confidence level: Certain
Alfonso X King of Castile and Leon (Male, born 1221, died 1284)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Divi Alfonsi, Romanorum et Hispaniarum regis, Astronomicae tabulae in propriam integritatem restitutae... qua in re Paschasius Hamellius... operam suam praestitit.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1553. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
Alfonso X King of Castile and Leon (Male, born 1221, died 1284)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomicae Tabulae
Borrowed: 1785/11/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Alfonso X King of Castile and Leon (Male, born 1221, died 1284), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 55009
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 112r
Regiomantanus in Ptolemaei almagestum
Borrowed: 1785/11/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 17 Nov 1785. Original Returned Date: 21 Dec 1785.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Ptolemy (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
In Ptolemaei magnam compositionem quam Almagestum vocant libri tredecim.
Press: P. Shelf: 6. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk5-d.7 . Original Author: Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476..
Confidence level: Certain
Ptolemy (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
In Ptolemæi magnam compositionem, quam Almagestum vocant, libri tredecim, conscripti a Ioanne Regiomontano.
Language: Latin . Published: Nuremberg. Date of publication: 1550. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 3
Ptolemy (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Almagest [Ptolomy]
Borrowed: 1785/11/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Ptolemy (Male), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 55001
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 112r
Recueil d'observations faites en pluseurs voyages.
Borrowed: 1785/11/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 2 Nov 1785. Original Returned Date: 21 Dec 1785.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Recueil d'observations faites en plusieurs voyages par ordre de sa majesté, pour perfectionner l'astronomie et la geographie.
Press: BB. Shelf: 5. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl4-a.10. Original Author: Académie des sciences (France)..
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Recueil d'observations faites en plusieurs voyages par ordre de sa Majesté pour perfectionner l'astronomie et la géographie, avec divers traitéz astronomiques, par MM. de l'Académie, etc.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1693. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 2
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Recueil d'Observations Faites en Plusieurs Voyages par Ordre de sa Majesté pour Perfectionner l'Astronomie et la Géographie
Borrowed: 1785/11/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Record ID 55010
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 112r
Keplerus de motibus Stellerum
Borrowed: 1785/11/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 17 Nov 1785. Original Returned Date: 21 Dec 1785.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Johannes Kepler (Male, born 1571, died 1630)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomia nova aitiologetos, seu physica coelestis, tradita commentariis de motibus stellae Martis, ex observationibus G.V. Tychonis Brahe ... elaborata ...
Press: P. Shelf: 2. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk10-c.10 . Original Author: Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630..
Confidence level: Certain
Johannes Kepler (Male, born 1571, died 1630)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomia nova Αἰτιολογητος, seu Physica Coelestis, tradita Commentariis de Motibus stellæ Martis ex Observationibus.
Language: Latin . Published: Prague. Date of publication: 1609. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 6
Johannes Kepler (Male, born 1571, died 1630)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomia Nova Αἰτιολογητος, seu Physica Coelestis, Tradita Commentariis de Motibus Stellae Martis ex Observationibus
Borrowed: 1785/11/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Johannes Kepler (Male, born 1571, died 1630), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 55003
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 112r
Clavii Opera. tom. 3
Borrowed: 1785/11/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 2 Nov 1785. Original Returned Date: 21 Dec 1785.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Christoph Clavius (Male, born 1538, died 1612)
Genre: Mathematics
Opera mathematica.
Press: X. Shelf: 8. Number: 13. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi3-d.9-13. Original Author: Clavius, Christoph, 1538-1612..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Christoph Clavius (Male, born 1538, died 1612)
Genre: Mathematics
Christophori Clauii ... opera mathematica ... Ab auctore nunc denuo correcta, et plurimis locis aucta, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Mainz. Date of publication: 1611-1612. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 2
Christoph Clavius (Male, born 1538, died 1612)
Genre: Mathematics
Opera Mathematica [Christoph Clavius]
Borrowed: 1785/11/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1785/12/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Christoph Clavius (Male, born 1538, died 1612), Genre: Mathematics
Opera Mathematica [Christoph Clavius]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3